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JAMBALAYA a la Creole
Jambalaya is a Spanish-Creole
dish, which is a favorite in New
Orleans, and is made according to
the following recipe:
1^4 cups of rice
3 tomatoes
2 quarts mixed seafood
(Lake shrimp, oysters,
crab)
2 onions
1 tablespoon butter
Salt, Pepper
Cayenne to taste
1 tablespoon flour
2 cloves of garlic
2 sprigs each of thyme
and bay leaf
The Picayune's Creole Cook Book
C. 1901, Hew Orleans, La.
Jambalaya at Tulane- is similar to the famous Creole dish—
a
combination of many diverse elements brought together into one
meaningful unity. Like the culinary Jambalaya our yearbook is an
effort to take individual ingredients, in this case those which com-pose
a university and university life, and so combine them by our
own recipe as to present them to you in a complete and attractive
book.
The basic elements of every yearbook are necessarily similar due
to common features found in every university. But as the spices and
seasoning of Creole Jambalaya differentiate it from ordinary stew,
so the personalities and eccentricities, the organized programs and
spontaneous occurances which are our "chef's touchees" flavor our
yearbook. We offer you then the specialty of the house, Jambalaya
a la Tulane.
For a BASE start with
ADMINISTRATION
For SPICE add
FEATURES
For SEASONING mix in
ACTIVITIES
For BODY add
CLASSES
For STRENGTH a portion of
ATHLETICS
For FLAVOR a sprinkling of
GREEKS
DEDICATION
The position of esteem held by Tulane
Medical School is tribute enough to
Dean Maxwell E. Lapham. His
accomplishments in the field of medical
education and obstetrics have continued
to bring honor to Tulane University in
the years since 1940, from which
time, save the war years, he has served
as Dean. Dean Lapham has been a
constant inspiration to both students and
faculty, and his endless devotion to
the medical profession and to Tulane
has proved an invaluable credit to all.
In slight token of sincere admiration and
appreciation, the staff of the 1956
Jambalaya is honored to
dedicate this volume to . . .
Dr. Maxwell E. Lapham, Dean
Tulane School of Medicine
)MINISTRATION
'resident
Board of Administrators
Board of Visitors
Division of Student Life
Schools and Colleges
Alumni
Law Seniors
Med Seniors
Undergrad Seniors
Graduate School & Social Work
President Rufus Carrollton Harris
PRESIDENT
Message from the President
Campus life at Tulane is growing. New residence halls
are providing the occasions where students meet fre-quently
with other students, with faculty and with
di-tinguished visitors. Plans are under way for a Uni-versity
Center with the facilities for an integrated
program of community activities. Such a Center will
make possible the joining together of recreational ac-tivities
and social events with cultural programs and
aesthetic and intellectual endeavors. The increased
contacts made possible by these facilities will con-tribute
much to the development and growth of each
student. There should be no categorical choice between
curricular and extracurricular activities. The extra-cun
icular contribute both life and meaning to the cur-i
icular. \ sense of proportion comprehending the besl
interests of both i- sought. Tulane seeks to support an
extracurricular life for students and faculty in v\liiard--Chief
Boari ; Phi
ieron Delta
Phi Delta
La Societe
ivil ; Kings
ShCONI) ROW • MALCOLM GLENN MliNDY. .III., New Orleans, La.; Senior Class Vice-President; La Societe du Droit
Civil.
• EDWARD I SEYMOl R, JR., Monroe, La.; Beta Theta Pi; La Societe du Droil Civil; Phi Delia Phi.
• JOHN J. WEIChl., New Orleans, La.; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; President of Tulanc Law School; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Who's Who; I,., Societe du Droil Civil; Phi Delia Theta; Law Review; Honor Hoard: Pi
Lambda Beta,
• JOYCE AIU.I.NE WENT, New Orleans, La.; Secretary oi Law Studcnl Body; Phi Ben. Kappa: Pi Sigma
Alpha; Who's Who; Law Review; Phi Delia Delta.
• GEORGE B. wikoi I. Crowley, La.; Phi Delta Phi; Law Review.
• ADELAIDE WISDON, New Orleans, La.; Kappa Kappa Gamma; La Societe du Droil Civil; Law Review,
Canterbury Club; Newcomb Pan-Hcllenh Council.
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SENIORS • SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
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Stark Drama of Medical Realism
FIRST ROW • MARSHALL IRVING ALPRIN, New Orleans. La.; Phi Delta Epsilon; Sigma Alpha Mu.
• JERRY G. BAGWELL, Mayfield, Ky.; Nu Sigma Nu.
• ENOCH J. AUTHEMENT, Odessa. Texas: Alpha Kappa Kappa.
• GEORGE W. BEDDINGFIELD, Valdosta. Ga.: Phi Delta Theta; Phi Chi.
• TOM E. BENEFIELD, JR., Gulfport, Miss.; Phi Chi.
SECOND ROW • JAMES WALLACE BLEDSOE, New Orleans, La.: Phi Chi.
a SYDNEY L. BRYANT. Springfield. Mo.
e HOWARD BEAUCHAMP BURCH, Kosciusko, Miss.; Phi Chi; Alpha Omega Alpha; History of Medicine
Society.
• RICHARD K. CAMPBELL, Coral Gables, Fla.; Phi Chi; Honor Court Representative.
• HARRY GENE CAUSEY, Meridian, Miss.: Phi Chi.
FIRST ROW • I VMES EDWARD COLBLRN, Phoenix, Ariz.: Nu Sigma Nu.
• EDWIN HEWITT COLE, Aberdeen, Miss.
• MELVIN CORRY, Cedar City, Utah; Nu Sigma Nu.
• JACK '. \RBOR01 cm
MELVIN B. VOl NC, III. Shrci
Blade; Tau Sigma Delta; Who'i Who; A. I. A.: Naval ROTC
ROBER1 ESKRIGC1 VOl NG, St Columbia, S.C.; AIpli
Inn) ROTC; tdclphon .
MARJORIETHOM KS /Wind!. New Orlcan , Lo | Kappa Kappa Gamn
V.ll LIAM F /i ZER, Metaire, La.
Wesley Foundation;
JR., Pickens, Miss.; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Nti Sigma Nu.
port, La.; Delia Kappa Epsilon; Omicron Delia Kappa;
Anchor and I ,'liain.
lau Omega; Scabbard unl Blade;
Canterbury Club.
Scabbard and
Grcenbackcrs;
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FIRST ROW • MAUDE FLANAGAN, New Orleans, La.; Delta Zeta.
• HARVEY KOMET. New York, N.Y.; Sigma Alpha Mu; Air Force ROTC.
• DONALD H. KORN, New Orleans, La.: Sigma Alpha Mu; Tau Beta Pi; Alpha Chi Sigma; A.I.Ch.E.
• BILLY" JAMES OVERTON, Gulfport, Miss.; Society for Advancement Management.
• NATALIE ANN ROEHRIG, New Orleans, La.; Alpha Omicron Pi; Beta Beta Beta.
SECOND ROW • JOHN SANDY, JR., Gulfport, Fla.; Delta Sigma Phi.
• WARRINGTON SPEER, New Orleans, La.; Who's Who; President Senior Class of Engineering.
• LEE KAY VORISEK, Chesterton, Ind.
• MARION WATSON, Natchitoches, La.; Kappa Alpha Theta; Treasurer Senior Class Newcomb; TUSK; New-man
Club; University Choir.
• WILLIAM L. WHITE, San Antonio, Tex.
GRADUATE SCHOOL AND SOCIAL WORK
FIRST ROW • SYLVIA F. vonOSTHOFF, New Orleans, La.; University College; Chi Omega.
• CHARLES L. STANSIFER, Wichita, Kans.; Graduate School; Phi Alpha Theta; International Relations
Club.
• JACK PRICE, Hereford, Md.; Social Work; Univ. Student Council Rep.; President Social Work Student
Body; Who's Who; Baptist Student Union.
• VICTORIA NASIM, Gibatayim, Israel; Social Work.
• MARGARET H. LETZIG, Little Rock, Ark.; Social Work; Delta Kappa Gamma.
• CHESTER M. KUNDE, Kenosha, Wis.; Graduate School.
SECOND ROW • PETER E. JOSELIN, Purley, Surrey, England; Graduate School; Omicron Delta Kappa.
• JERRY LOU DREISBACH, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Graduate School; Kappa Kappa Gamma; Phi Beta Kappa;
Art Club; Wesley Foundation.
• MAURICE DeYOUNG, New Orleans, La.; Delta Sigma Phi; President University College; Student Council;
Who's Who; Alpha Sigma Lambda.
• SUNG YOON CHO, Korea; Graduate School.
• DIANNE NOBLET CALONGNE, New Orleans, La.; University College; Delta Zeta; Westminster Fellowship.
• RUTH BRANDENBURG, Mobile, Ala.; Social Work.
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For SPICE . . .
JAMBALAYA BEAUTY COURT
The Jambalaya staff was confronted with a difficult task in having to choose
fifteen finalists from the one hundred and fifty girls attending the annual
Jambalaya Tea. All girls regularly enrolled at the University with the exclusion
of freshmen and those previously appearing in the Jambalaya Beauty Court
were eligible. After much deliberation the fifteen finalists were chosen. From
the finalists. Miss Pauline Tulane and seven other Beauties were selected by
the students in a campus-wide election. Chosen by the students were Joan Berg,
Bart Bridges. Becky Carson, Melita Corrigan, Ruth Harper, Jackie Jones,
Nancy Kirkendall. and Marion Wiener. Miss Pauline Tulane and her court
were presented at the Pan-Hellenic formal held in February.
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100-YARD BREAST STROKE NEWCOMB HONOR BOARD j
For SEASONING . . .
Student Government
Publications
Honoraries
Spirit
Organizations
Music • Drama • Art
Religious
Military
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The Student Council is composed of the four offi-cers
elected hy the students in a campus-wide election,
the President, Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer,
and die Representative at Large; the Presidents of the
various colleges and schools in the University; and the
delegates elected to represent the various schools and
colleges.
It is the duty of the Student Council to represent the
Associated Student Body in all matters of student gov-ernment,
to provide for proper hearings of parties in-terested
in any proposed action, to recommend recog-nition
of cluhs, organizations, and societies, to exercise
financial control over the affairs of the various organi-zations
and activities receiving University funds, and
to recommend the revocation of recognition of any or-ganization
or activity.
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DONALD L. KING
President
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
BILL WATSON
Vice-President
JIMMIE MACKENROTH
Secretary-Treasurer
DONALD MEYER
Representative-A t-Large
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King and Council
STUDENT COUNCIL STUDENT BODY OFFICERS
DONALD L. KING President
BILL WATSON Vice President
JIMMIE MACKENROTH Secretary-Treasurer
DONALD A. MEYER Member-at-Large
STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SENATE
LIONEL J. BAILIN President of Graduate School
ALFRED R. HALE President of Medical School
JACQUES L. WIENER President of Arts & Sciences College
MARYEM FOWLKES President of Newcomb College
JOHN J. WEIGEL President of Law School
DAN SANDIFER President of College of Architecture
PHIL P. FISCHER, JR President of College of Engineering
LARRY BARTHE President of College of Commerce
MAURICE de YOUNG President of University College
JOHN PRICE President of Social Work
DELEGATES
ED de la HOUSSAYE Law School
WALTER WARD Law School
JOE BERNSTEIN Law School
RALPH E. DUNN Medical School
MARY P. SCALES Medical School
Tulane Studentbody Senate
TOM RANDOLF College of Engineering
JIMMIE HANEMANN College of Engineering
WARRINGTON B. SPEAR College of Engineering
BETSY MIDLAU Newcomb College
JEAN LOWENTRITT Newcomb College
MEME CULPEPPER Newcomb College
YVONNE NASSAR Newcomb College
GERRY BOURGEOIS College of Commerce
EMMETT ASSENHEI.MER College of Commerce
HELEN CABANTSS College of Commerce
FRED YOUNGS College of Commerce
MIKE LUXENBERG College of Arts and Sciences
HUGH LAMENSDORF College of Arts and Sciences
ELMON WEBB College of Arts and Sciences
FRANK BUTLER College of Arts and Sciences
JOHN PRICE School of Social Work
GUNDE MAHLER School of Social Work
ROBERT BEATTY School of Social Work
LIONEL BAILIN Graduate School
WILLIAM WHITAKER Graduate School
Frank Foil and Friend Homecoming balloting
NEWCOMB STUDENT COUNCIL
OFFICERS
MARYEM FOWLKES President
MARTHA HATCHELL Vice-President
OLIVE MOSS Corresponding Secretary
SUE FIELD Recording Secretary
The Newcomb Student Council is the piloting unit of a self-governing
student body. It is composed of the officers of the
Newcomb Student Government Association and the Presi-dents
of the Honor Board. Resident Student Government As-sociation,
Pan-Hellenic Council, Art School, Athletic Council,
Music School, and the Four Classes.
The Council has the power to initiate legislation, charter
all clubs and organizations on campus, consider any proposed
amendment to, or revision of, the constitution, and approve
the holding of any election on Newcomb Campus. It also has
the administrative function of carrying out the legislation and
constitutional rules of the Association.
The Student Council strives to maintain the ideals and pre-serve
the strength of Newcomb College by encouraging a close
student-faculty relationship and by embodying in its actions
the active and creative spirit of an association of able and
adult individuals. It is able to achieve these ideals with the
cooperation of the studentbody.
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OFFICERS
MARY ANNA KENDALL
President
JEAN LOWENTRITT
Vice-President
BETSY MIDLAM
Secretary
NEfCOMB
HONOR
COUNCIL
Xewcomb students take pride in their system of honor which
holds the integrity of each student above all else. Under the
Honor System each student is accountable on her honor for her
conduct. \ iolations which endanger the system and thus the
personal honor of every member are dealt with by the Honor
Board, which is composed of representatives elected by the New-comb
student body.
The Resident Student Government Association is composed of
all residents of the Newcomb dormitories. The Dormitory Coun-cil,
composed of representatives from each dormitory, is the self-governing
executive, legislative, and judicial body of this Asso-ciation.
Its purpose is to develop an efficient system of self-gov-ernment
among the dormitory girls in all matters relating to their
conduct, both individually and socially, and to uphold the stand-ards
and regulations of the dormitories.
NEWCOMB
DORM
COUNCIL
OFFICERS
MARY NASH COX
President
OLIVE MOSS
Secretary
JOAN PILLIOD
President oj Doris Hall
MARY LANN LOFTON
President oj Josephine Louise
House
RUTH HARPER
/'resident, oj New Dormitory
NATALIE ALEXANDER
East Wing President of
Josephine Louise
GAIL COX
West Wing President of
Josephine Louise
JUDY I1ILLINCS
North Wing President oj Warren
JO GOODWIN
South. Wing President oj Warren
OFFICERS
ELLEN GRIFFEN
President
BETSY MOTT
Vice-President
JOAN LEONARD
Secretary
RUTH KNIGHTON
Treasurer
NEWCOMB
ATHLETIC
COUNCIL
The Student Activities Board, created by the new Student Body
Constitution, was organized and began functioning this year. Its
membership is composed of the Representative at Large of the
Student Body and twelve members elected by the Student Coun-cil.
It is in charge of the financial control and guidance of all
recognized student organizations, and has the right to review the
records of any organization. The goal of the Student Activities
Board is to promote cooperation and coordination of effort
among the various campus groups.
The Newcomb Athletic Council is the governing body for the
Newcomb Athletic Association. Its function is the directing of
the intramural program which consists of volleyball, basketball,
swimming, badminton, ping pong, tennis, and baseball. The ob-jective
of the association is to arouse interest in sports for recrea-tion
and competition. Any group of Newcomb girls wishing to
form a team for any activity may do so. Cups and trophies are
awarded to the winning teams and individuals in each activity.
STUDENT
ACTIVITY
BOARD
DON MEYER
Chairman
CHARLIE MITCHELL
Vice-Chairman
DEEDEE GRIFFEN
Secretary
PUBLICATIONS
JACK WIENER
Editor
1956 JAMBALAYA
BUSINESS STAFF
MEL MATHES Business Manager
DAVID B. NEWSTADT Assistant Business Manager
BARRY M. LEWIS Organizations Manager
Robbie Nichol Joel Kern
Jay Blach Hanson Long
Alfred Miller Harry Freyer
Norm Glosserman Nicole Granet
EDITORIAL STAFF
JACQUES L. WIENER Editor
N. JERRY COHEN Tulane Associate Editor
DALE SANSOM Newcomb Associate Editor
DON KING Tulane Assistant Editor
DON KING Features Editor
FLORENCE FREEDMAN Newcomb Assistant Editor
FLORENCE FREEDMAN Activities Editor
JIM CRAIG Tulane Organization Editor
DORIS HARRIS Newcomb Organization Editor
BARNEY BARNUM Administration Editor
ROBBIE KREMER Sports Editor
SABINA ABRAHM Sorority Editor
HUGH LAMENSDORF Fraternity Co-Editor
ALLAIN C. ANDRY, III Fraternity Co-Editor
MYRA SHAPIRA Copy Editor
NANCY KIRKENDALL Art Co-Editor
EUGENE BRANDT Art Co-Editor
PICKETT CUMMINS Photographer
ARMAND BETRIN Photographer
Harriet Goldberg Ainslie Boston
Judy Lavine Marcia Wells
Lynn Karsman Barbara Snyder
Margaret Powell Kathy Schwab
Wilda Breckenridge Rusty Feller
Marilyn Levin Frances Shepard
Joyce Dattel Sandy Schwartz
Jean Ann Taylor Connie Bernstein
Louis Hanlein Loyce Gendle
Frank Dannenbaum Jinimie Sokol
Floyd Herrman
This completed '56 Jambalaya is concrete evidence that many
endless hours of toil have realized fruition. The work necesssary
to publish a modern college yearbook is beyond the comprehen-sion
of the uninititiated. A yearbook staff must plod on month
after month with no apparent productivity—a fact in itself which
hinders continued work, for interest and drive are quickly turned
to apathy when no reward appears. A staff must keep plugging
at tremendous amounts of frequently tedious and repetitious ma-terial,
knowing the reward will come only in the increasingly
distant future.
The staff of the '56 Jamb has worked tirelessly, producing the
necessary quantity of finished material and keeping the quality
of the work high. Without such work, and the cooperation of
such a staff, an editor could never put out a yearbook.
Mel Mathes, Business Manager Four heads are better than one
What's your opinion Flo? Let's get down to serious business
Business Staff
In publishing this year's Jambalaya we have tried to keep
several ideas and ideals in the fore. We want the Jamb to be
attractive to the student. We feel we have improved the attraction
of the book through such innovations as Mary Reeves' cover, the
antique stock division pages, and increased readability. We have
kept the type large and uniform and limited the written material.
We have striven to present a year's activity at Tulane in a
meaningful manner, not merely as a potpourri of unrelated
photos. With this arrangement and presentation, the Jambalaya
Staff hopes that its efforts have paid off in the only true criterion
of success—student satisfaction.
Jacques' little helpers: editorial staff
MAURY MIDLO
Editor
WALTER WARD
Business Manager
HULLABALOO
Walter Ward with Hulla business staff
As the Hullabaloo entered its 51st year, it was short on
talent but long on determination. With the exceptions of its
faithful columnist Russ Dietrich and dictartorial Copy Reader
Lurilla (of flaming hair and disposition fame) Harris, the
editorial staff was recruited almost from scratch. Joan Barker-ding
carried on as Society Editor and "Pete" Evans as star
reporter.
On those frantic Tuesday afternoons in the Fall, the office
was a good cross between a journalism class and a jazz con-cert.
Merrill Gerstner had come in as Managing Editor, and
brought a radio that played "cool" or else. Editor Mid, who
blows a cool typewriter, would take the only two copy pencils
and beat time on the telephone. This killed any potential
journalistic activity; but he was never able to figure out why
there was still so much to do when the whistle blew at 5:00.
There were no more worries for '55, because Walter
"Fagen" Ward was back as Business Manager. Many of the
staff members never saw Walt: he said that the decibel level
was far too high for him to get anything done on Tuesday
afternoons. Guess it was those "Law School Nerves."
It was reassuring to have a lawyer around later though,
when the Hullabaloo took stands on some controversial edi-torial
subjects. The paper spoke out against the "Southern
Gentlemen" and segregation, and firmly held its ground in the
face of the expected barrage of criticism.
At the end of the first semester Merrill graduated and Joan
Barkerding took over as Managing Editor. Throughout the
year, Feature Editor Don Whittinghill turned out many mam-moth
features on campus personalities, and Mid continued his
losing battle to convert the student body to Modern Jazz and
sports cars.
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Editorial staff races to meet the deadline
STAFF
MAURY A. MIDLO Editor
MERRILL H. GERSTNER Managing Editor (1st Semester)
JOAN BARKERDING Managing Editor (2nd Semester)
JOHN YOUNG, JR Sports Editor
DON WHITTINCHILL Feature Editor
RUSS DIETRICH Columnist
ROW KRAEMER Cartoonist
LL'RILLA HARRIS Copy Editor
ANN FLINN Associate Copy Editor (1st Semester)
KITTIE LEA Associate Copy Editor (2nd Semester)
JOAN BARKERDING Society Editor (1st Semester)
RCTH NATHAN Society Editor (2nd Semester)
JAY HANDELMA \ Sports Reporter
MILL KNIESLY Sports Reporter
BOB LO\ E Sports Reporter
WILDER BRECKENRIDGE Staff Member
I'll E" r.\ \\> Staff Member
NORMA HARPER Staff Member
K ITHY JOHNSON Staff Member
KITI IK LEA Staff Member
\ MT A MacKAY Staff Member
II DY V. ELTEN Staff Member
IH ill V GOLD Staff Member
JO- \ \ CIELINI Staff Member
BUSINESS STAFF
WALTER WARD Business Manage)
lolIN MJIUE Circulation Manager
HARRY FREYER idministrative issistanl
l; MM! 'i I! I II l.\l;l l:< idministrative issistanl
JACK BARRINGER Circulation Assistant
BILL BENNETI Circulation issistanl
ROBER1 MORRIS Circulation Assistant
RODNE 'r l:l I Circulation issismni
K\ Mil- I NCLISH Circulation Assistant
TOMMY HANSEN Circulation issistanl
HERRIN Circulation issistanl
IN 19 5 6
What do you think of Brubeck's latest, Merrill?
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PUBLICATIONS BOARD
OFFICERS
WILLIAM WATSON Chairman
DORIS HARRIS Secretary
MR. GEORGE SIMMONS Faculty Advisor
The Publications Board, a relatively new organization, is
composed of the editors and business managers of all official
Tulane publications, an elected member of the Student Coun-cil,
a representative of Theta Nu Journalism Fraternity, and
two senior class officers of any of the colleges. The Vice Presi-dent
of the Student Body is Chairman. The board is the super-visory
body of all official publications and acts in an advisory
capacity on matters of policy. Another important function of
the publications Board is the selection of the editors and busi-ness
managers for the Jambalaya, Hullabaloo, Student Direc-tory,
and Wave.
Since the Board controls the campus publications, it is an
extremely important part of Student Government, for it
exemplifies the growing degree of self-government at Tulane.
The Publications Board is not a censoring committee but a
group of students insuring freedom of the press on our cam-pus.
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HONORARIES
PHI BETA KAPPA
OFFICERS
Dr. Ferdinand F. Stone President
Dr. Louise N. Roberts Vice-President
Miss Fannie Rayne Russ Secretary
Dr. Karlem Riess Treasurer
Dr. Maridel Saunders Executive Committee
Mr. John G. Weinmann Executive Committee
1956
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Allain C. Andry III
Shelby Eugene Barnes
Donald L. Block
Robin Cotton Brown
Harris Myron Dulitz
St. Clair Louis Hultsman
Waite Scott Kirkconnell
George Louis Leonard
Will Ernest Leonard, Jr.
Thomas Wheeler Nuckols
David Hampton Rester
Edward Joseph Ross III
Jon Annis Stewart
Jacques Loeb Wiener, Jr.
Phillip Aloysius Wittmann, Jr.
NEWCOMB COLLEGE
Florence Ann Abram
Mrs. Joan Terry Coon
Rose Pearl Fraser
Florence Irene Freedman
Mary Anna Kendall
Marjorie Madeline King
Hilah Catherine McLean
Martha Louise Marshall
Mrs. Joel Grossman Myers
Dorothy Lynn Reeder
Mrs. Florence Weiland Schornstein
Sonia Lee Winer
FACULTY
Alexander Doniphan Wallace
The oldest ol the honorary societies, recognizing superior
attainments in scholarship by students in the college of Arts
and Sciences and Newcomb College.
BETA GAMMA SIGMA
OFFICERS
Dr. Harold J. Heck President
Elsie M. Watters Secretary-Treasurer
MEMBERS ELECTED IN 1956:
Lawrence C. Barthe
Robert A. Burkhalter
Carroll J. Campbell
Nathan Jerold Cohen
Carol J. dejean
Donald G. Eichmeyer
Michael J. Gonzales
Eugene W. Hum
Joel H. Jacobs
Ronald J. Larkin
James R. Leach, Jr.
Thomas D. McAfee
Elizabeth B. Oberhelman
Edward M. Rubenstein
Vera A. Sable
Ruth A. Sherman
Frederic A. Youngs. Jr.
Darwin S. Fenner
Dr. Haward W. Wissner
The Alpha of Louisiana Chapter of the Beta Gamma Sigma
fraternity was established in this school in June, 1926. The
purpose of this fraternity is to encourage and reward scholar-ship
and accomplishment in all phases of business among the
students and graduates of the school, to promote the advance-ment
of education in the science of business, and to foster
principles of honesty and integrity in business practices. Mem-bers
of the junior and senior classes are eligible for election.
The attainment of high scholarship and promise of marked
ability are prime requisites governing election. Undergrad-uate
members are chosen by the faculty and student members
of the fraternity.
TAU SIGMA DELTA
OFFICERS
C. Murray Smart, Jr Master
Milton G. Scheuerman, Jr Scribe
Ronald Patrick Gandolfo Recorder
MEMBERS ELECTED IN 1956:
V aleton J. Dansereau
Donald J. Koberg
Richard Lyle
Charles A. Smith, Jr.
Robert Joel Vandiver
The national architecture honorary fraternity selects men
on a basis of scholarship, leadership, and character. Nominees
undergo a pledge period in which the winning sketch of the
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First Row: Andry, Block, Cairns, Cohen, Colomb, de Bardelaben. Second Row: Haddad, Jackson, King, Levy, Mathes, McGlassen. Third Row: Midlo, Mitchell, New-stadt,
Stoutz, ViccelJio, Ward. Fourth Row: Watson, Weigel, Wiener, Young, Youngs.
OMICRON DELTA KAPPA
A national honorary leadership society, recognizing those John C. Christian Ralph Mitchell
students, members of the faculty and others who have demon- Jerold Cohen David Newstadt
strated distinguished leadership in extra-curricular activities, Herman D. Colomb Leonard Selber
and in service to Tulane University. l
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rrank H. Davis, Jr. Henry L. stoutz 111
ornriTRi; Caldwell deBardeleben Charles Viccellio UfJUWUlS Ray Haddad, Jr. Ewell Walther
J. Walter Ward President Delmas Jackson J. Walter Ward
Jacques Wiener Vice-President Donald King William W. Watson
Dr. Karlem Riess Faculty Secretary Lee j£ Levy Jerry Weigel
Dr. Ferd Stone Faculty Advisor James McComiskey Paul Welty
_ „„„,-, Edwin McGlasson Jacques Wiener
MEMBERS Melvin Mathes Melvin B. Young III
Allain Andry III Pat Browne, Jr. Maury Midlo Fred Youngs, Jr.
Donald Block Adrian Cairns, Jr. Roger H. Miller
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The students recognized in Who's Who each year
are nominated from approximately 600 colleges and
universities. Campus nominating committees are in-structed,
in making their decisions, to consider the
student's scholarship; his co-operation and leadership
in academic and extracurricular activities; his service
and citizenship to the school; and his promise of fu-ture
usefulness. Recognition by Who's Who means that
the student was first officially recommended from the
university or college he attends and then accepted by
the organization.
W H O'S WHO
IN AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
First Row: Baisley, Barth, Block, Blome, Cairnes, Campbell, Colomb. Second Row: de la Houssaye, Diggs, Dunn, Duvoissin, Fisher, Fowlkes, Fraser. Third Row:
Griffin. Hatchell, Jackson, Kendall, King, Law, Leonard. Fourth Row: Levy, Mackenroth, Mathes, McGlasson, Midlo, C. Mitchell, R. Mitchell. Fifth Row: Reeder,
Nairne, Price, Scheuermann, Sharp, Smart, Speer. Sixth Row: Watson, Ward, Weigel, Went, Wiener, Young, Sandifer. Not Pictured: Nash Cox, Jean Lowentritt,
Olive Moss, Ann Scott.
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OFFICERS
DEEDEE GRIFFEN
President
JOAN LEONARD
Secretary
ALPHA
SIGMA
SIGMA
At the last Newcomb Student Body Meeting of the year, fresh-men
girls, outstanding in leadership, service, scholarship, and
school spirit are tapped for Assets, honorary sophomore organi-zation.
The new members are elected each year by the outgoing
members.
The Assets don white dresses during the year to act as ushers
at numerous school functions including the May Day festivities.
During fall orientation they are Big Sisters to the incoming fresh-men.
Alpha Sigma Sigma is the honor society founded in 1915.
whose purpose is to serve Newcomb College. This year it has ex-panded
its service program to promote the campus Symphony
concerts, Audubon Screen tours, and Lyceum lectures. Alpha
Sigma Sigma hopes to become affiliated with Mortar Board soon.
The requirements for membership are a B average for the three
years preceding election, service to the school, and lectureship on
the campus.
ASSETS
OFFICERS
SUE FIELD
President
NATALIE ALEXANDER
Secretary
SPIRIT
TUSK
OFFICERS
Charlie Mitchell President Sister Frazer
Stratton Postlethwaite Corresponding Secretary
. Secretary-Treasur
The Tulane University Spirit Klub is an honorary organiza-tion
for the promotion of school spirit. It is composed of mem-bers
of every social fraternity and sorority as well as inde-pendents
who have shown their ability and desire to foster
better spirit at Tulane.
This year the TUSKs sponsored "Howdy Week" on campus
to promote a friendly spirit among Tulane and Newcomb stu-dents.
The boy and girl who were most responsive to the greet-ing,
Howdy, were chosen king and queen. Other activities of
the club included participation at football games in taking
charge of the decoration of the goal posts and helping with the
seating in the student section.
A TUSK member is distinguished by his blue jacket with
the green and blue "T" and white tusk. TUSK members this
year have worked with the other spirit groups on campus to-ward
an increasing spirit of cooperation and enthusiasm at
Tulane. Bon fires, dances, and Campus Carnival are the high-lights
of the year-round program.
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OFFICERS
Leonard Selber President
Johnny Moffett Vice-President
Marion Wiener Secretary
Jim Hanemann Treasurer
Greenbackers is the oldest spirit organization on the Tulane
campus. Its members are representative of all the sororities,
fraternities, and independents on campus and are chosen on
the basis of their interest and desire to work in furthering
school spirit.
The organization began the year by selling greenie beanies
to freshmen and aiding in Orientation by participating in the
"Meet the Team" Program. During football season the Green-backers
distributed shakers and helped with seating in the
student section at the games, sponsored pep rallies where the
members presented skits depicting the spirit of the coming
football game, distributed slogan stickers, and painted signs
publicizing spirit. Later in the year the Greenbackers ushered
at Sorority Skit Night, participated in Campus Carnival, and
presented awards at the final basketball game of the season.
The organization also carried out various service functions
designated by the Student Council.
GREENBACKERS
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OFFICERS
CHARLES VICCELLIO
President
DENIS CROWLEY
Vice-President
RUTH KNIGHTON
Secretary
STUART McCLENDON
Sergean t-at-A rms
LAGNIAPPES
The Order of Adelphons was founded at Tulane University in
1949 to act as a service group to the University, to promote mu-tual
understanding and cooperation among fraternities, and to
establish closer relations between the fraternity men and Tulane.
It is an inter-fraternity organization composed of not more than
three representatives from each fraternity. Principal activities in-clude
ushering at Commencement exercises, Convocation and the
Symphony Concerts. The group holds several social events dur-ing
the school year.
Lagniappes, the University Student Dance Organization, was
successful in bringing together the students of Tulane and New-comb
at university-wide dances. Beginning the year with a big
welcoming dance in honor of all the freshmen. Lagniappes con-tinued
its fall activities with "Student Stomps" held in conjunc-tion
with the campus spirit organizations preceding home foot-ball
games. The group also sponsored the Homecoming dance in
the fall and presented the university Christmas Dance in co-operation
with the choral groups before the holidays. They ended
the year by giving the students of Tulane a gala Spring Formal.
ADELPHONS
OFFICERS
LEONARD M. SELBER
President
RUDOLPH BECKER, JR.
Vice-President
WILLIAM ATKINS
Secretary
JAMES J. CRAIG
Treasurer
LYNN VIRDEN
Sergeant-at-Arms
DR. KARLEM RIESS
Faculty Advisor
EDITORIAL STAFF
DORIS HARRIS
Editor
LUTIE WHEAT
Assistant Editor
BARBARA LEVSKY
Associate Editor
EUGENE BRANDT
Staff Artist
JOHNIE BRANCH
Faculty Advisor
BUSINESS STAFF
ROBERT YOUNG
Business Manager
JAY TONE
Assistant Businesss Manager
STUDENT
DIRECTORY
The Tulane University Directory took on a new look this year
with many additions and innovations. Most obvious was the light
blue cover with Eugene Brandt's Ivy League drawing. Other new
features of the '56 Directory were the inclusion of important
campus extensions and the listing of campus organizations and
their presidents which have proved a great help to everyone.
Probably the biggest surprise was the Buyer's Guide, sponsored
by Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity, which contained a classi-fied
listing of 75 types of businesses catering to students.
Alpha Phi Omega is a National Service Fraternity which is on
Tulane campus to serve in promoting campus activities. The
group originated Campus Carnival and serves as its co-ordinator.
It also sponsors the Ugly Mug contest each year, and conducts
tours of the campus during fall orientation for new students.
Preceding Christmas vacation the members of Alpha Phi Omega
decorate the campus Christmas tree and the cafeteria for the
Christmas dance.
ALPHA
P HI
OMEGA
OFFICERS
JOSEPH LICCARDI
President
PAT HANLEY
Vice-President
BOB AMANN
Secretary
LESTER MARTIN
Treasurer
CLETUS BELSOM
Projects Chairman.
CHEERLEADERS
The 1955-56 school year proved to be one of the
most spirit-filled years of Tulane. And this was due
in no small part to the seven vivacious Cheerleaders of
Tulane: Stephen Andry, Lavinia Brock, Rose Mary
Gehl, Sherrill Herring, Charles King, Charles Mitchell
and John Moffett. All students of Tulane and New-comb,
the Cheerleaders led the football spectators in
school cheers and general animation at both the home
and out-of-town games, the latter including trips to
Austin, Texas; Athens, Georgia; Mobile, Alabama;
and Baton Rouge. They also performed at pep rallies
and basketball games during the season.
The Cheerleaders have shown a great degree of lead-ership
on the Tulane campus both on and off the play-ing
arena. They were leading members of TUSK and
Greenbackers, and by their very lively, buoyant per-sonalities
and leadership abilities were able to lead
and increase school spirit during the year.
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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PHI DELTA PHI
OFFICERS
Andrew Martinez President
George Wikoff Secretary
Joe Bernstein Treasurer
Thomas Currier Historian
Phi Delta Phi is an international legal fraternity
founded in 1869 at the University of Michigan and
established at Tulane in 1911. Its purpose is to pro-mote
a higher standard of professional ethics and cul-ture
in the law schools and in the profession at large.
Members are selected on the basis of scholarship and
ethics.
The Fraternity maintains a legal lending library and
presents a legal text to the student with the most im-proved
grades in his second year. It has sponsored
lectures by members of the law faculty and bar.
Phi Delta Phi is the oldest professional fraternity
in America. The national organization maintains an
endowment fund for legal scholarships.
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OFFICERS
Ewell P. Walther, Jr Editor-in-Chief
John C. Christian Assistant Editor
Hoffman F. Fuller Assistant Editor
Willis L. Meadows, Jr Assistant Editor
The Tulane Law Review is a professional legal
journal published in quarterly issues. It is the oldest
journal of its kind in Louisiana. Each issue of the
Review contains a leading article section composed of
scholarly works prepared by prominent members of
the legal profession as well as a student section com-posed
of articles on current legal problems prepared
by members of the Board of Student Editors. The
Board of Student Editors is composed of honor students
in the College of Law who have exibited outstanding
legal writing ability.
TULANE LAW REVIEW
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MOOT COURT
OFFICERS
Joseph Ettinger Chief Justice Dermont McGlinchey Court Recorder
The Moot Court is an important organ of the School
of Law, designed to supplement the knowledge gained
in the classroom and the library with practical experi-ence
in the analysis, preparation, and argument of
cases. The judges of the Moot Court are chosen in
equal number from the junior and senior classes on
a scholastic basis. It is the function of the Court to draft
fact situations involving moot points of law, perform
the administrative duties of the court, and sit as Jus-tices
of the Supreme Court of Tulane.
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OFFICERS
ULVESTER WALKER
President
ROBERT TAYLOR
lice-President
JANE SWEET
Secretary
ROBERT REDFERN
Treasurer
KIN G'S
BENCH
King's Bench is a Law School organization for the study of
common law. Its purpose is to promote interest in common law
practice. The name "King's Bench" is derived from the Court of
the King's Bench of medieval England. Membership in the or-ganization
consists of out-of-state students.
A banquet is held at the end of the year at which an outstand-ing
authority on common law addresses the group.
La Societe du Droit Civil is an extracurricular society super-vised
by the faculty and dedicated to the promotion of scholarly
interest in the civil law. Student members of the Society are
enabled to delve much more thoroughly than regular curricular
time permits into the origins, history, development and method
of the civil law. with particular attention to the Louisiana scene.
LA SOCIETE
DU DROIT
CIVIL
OFFICERS
DONALD L. KING
President
JACK CASTROCIAVANNI
Vice-President
EDWARD A. DE LA HOUSSAYE
Secretary- Treasurer
LEONARD OPPENHEIM
Vacuity Advisor
OFFICERS
First Semester
DAVID NEWSTADT
President
LEE LEONARD
Vice-President
DONNY SEIGAL
Corresponding Secretary
DEEDEE GRIFFEN
Recording Secretary
ALVIN OSER
Treasurer
ALBERT HANNEMAN
ParHam en tarian
Second Semester
LEE LEONARD
President
PETE HANEMANN
Vice-President
DONNY SEIGAL
Corresponding Secretary
DEEDEE GRIFFEN
Recording Secretary
EDWARD PEAL
Treasurer
LARRY REDMAN
Parliam entarian
P I LAMBDA
BETA
The Pre-Medical Society is now in its eighth year on the Tulane
Campus. During this period it has met hi-week]y so that students
with a common goal, Medicine, could learn more about the sub-ject
by hearing eminent medical authorities, by seeing interesting
medical movies, and by touring local hospitals.
The publication of the Pre-Medical Society is the Pre-Medical
journal which is published annually and distributed at the an-nual
banquet of the .Society.
Being a relatively new organization on the campus, Pi Lambda
Beta pre-legal society was formed at Tulane in 1952 to promote a
closer association and understanding of the Pre-Law students.
At their meetings, social events, and semi-annual banquet, mem-bers
not only have an opportunity to become acquainted with the
Law School and its faculty, but also to gain a clearer insight into
the various aspects of the legal profession by meeting and hear-ing
discussions by prominent lawyers, judges, and law professors.
P R E - M E D
SOCIETY
OFFICERS
CYRUS PARKER
President
JOSEPH LICCARDI
Vice-President
JOHN DiGIGLIA
Treasurer
HENRY COE
Corresponding Secretary
ELIZABETH MARSHALL
Recording Secretary
OFFICERS
ROBERT JOHNSON
President
MELVIN CORRY
Vice-President
CURTIS WILCOX
Secretary-Treasurer
THE OWL
CLUB
The Owl Club is an honorary organization which is composed
of twenty-four members selected on the basis of scholarship,
leadership, and character. The members act as student repre-sentatives
for the various departments in the medical school.
The purpose of the club is to promote and maintain better
student-faculty relationships in order that both may benefit from
constructive criticism in the advancement of scholarship, teach-ing,
and ethics in medical school.
The Tulane Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, national political
science honor society, was founded in 1948 both as an organ for
recognizing student scholarship in political science and as a
means of promoting the interests of political science at Tulane.
To this latter end the chapter has monthly meetings to discuss
important issues in public affairs, some of which are open to the
university community and are addressed by outstanding public
figures, thus promoting greater interest in and awareness of
significant public issues.
P I
SIGMA
ALPHA
OFFICERS
HARRIS DULITZ
/'resident
EDWIN LELANI)
Vice-President
FLORENCE FREEDMAN
Secretary
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OFFICERS
CARL CONRAD
President
JOHANNA DAVIS
Vice-President
JAMES BROWN
Secretary
TERESA GARDNER
Treasurer
ETA
SIGMA
P HI
Oreades is the honorary organization designed to create and
stimulate an appreciation of the classics. It is open to those
students at Newcomb who show an interest in the acquisition of
classical knowledge and desire to relate this information to
everyday life. This is a departmental organization, but its mem-bers
do not necessarily have to major in classics. The group
meets on the third Tuesday of every month and includes in its
yearly activities the following events: a Saturnalia festival in
imitation of the Roman holiday celebrated in December, dis-cussions,
and lectures.
Eta Sigma Phi is a national honorary classical fraternity
founded at the University of Chicago in 1914. At present there
are over fifty active chapters. The Alpha Chi chapter of Tulane.
founded in 1936, endeavors to promote a greater interest in
the study of Greek and Roman civilizations by presenting various
speakers outstanding in the field of Latin and Greek, as well
as sponsoring a Christmas Saturnalia.
OREADES
OFFICERS
JOHANNA DAVIS
President
TERESA GARDNER
Vice-President
CAROLYN LEVY
Secretary
OFFICERS
MARTHA BLOCK
Presiden 1
FRANCES FRIEDMAN
J ice-President
SOMA WINER
Secretary
BARBARA DODD
Treasurer
LA
TERTULIA
La Tertulia. founded in 1939. is the honorary Spanish Club
at Newcomb College. The purposes of La Tertulia are to estab-lish
and maintain a vivid interest in Spanish among the students.
to practice the language, to promote goodwill and understanding
among our people and those of Latin American countries, and
to become familiar with Spanish customs, literature, and art.
The club each year sponsors celebrations of Christmas and
Colombus Day and each month sponsors a speaker, usually from
Latin America, in order to grasp the spirit of the Spanish and
their language.
The Commerce Women's Club is a professional organization
for girls enrolled in the College of Business Administration. In-cluded
in this year's activities were an orientation tea for Fresh-man
girls; the donation of Thanksgiving baskets; a truck
ride in November; a Christmas party for faculty, organizations,
and the senior class; and the crowning of Bob Serpas as Com-merce
King at the Fall Commerce Dance.
The Commerce Women's Club is now laying plans to affiliate
with Phi Chi Theta. national professional fraternity for women
enrolled in schools of business.
COMMERCE
WOMEN'S
CLUB
OFFICERS
ELIZABETH OBERHELMAN
President
CAROL UeJEAN
/ ice-President
JOAN ZIEMER
Secretary
VERA SABLE
Treasurer
OFFICERS
NATALIE ROEHRIG
President
REVA WISE
Vice-President
MARTHA HERNANDEZ
Secretary
PHYLLIS SCHARFF
Historian
DR. MILTON FINGERMAN
Faculty Advisor
BETA
BETA
BETA
The Newcorab Art Club is designed to promote the interest
of both students and faculty in art. and to achieve better student-faculty
relationships. This year the Art Club helped to sponsor
a student drawing contest and donated one of the prizes in one
division. The club is interested in bettering conditions in the
Art School, and its program includes working for these improve-ments.
By being open to the college as a whole it helps to create
an interest in art among those people outside the art department.
The Beta Lambda Chapter of Beta Beta Beta is the national
honorary biological fraternity at Newcomb. Its main purpose is
not only to stimulate a major interest in biology, but also to
demonstrate the pleasurable satisfaction of working in scientific
surroundings.
To be eligible for membership a student must have taken
freshman biology and have received a grade of B or better.
The fraternity meets once a month, on Thursday evenings. The
activities include discussions, field trips, lectures and socials.
NEWCOMB
ART
CLUB
OFFICERS
JENNIE CHESNUT
President
BILLIE SMARDON
Secretary-Treasurer
OFFICERS
PAT GANDOLFO
President
JOE BAGALA
J ire-President
AUGUST PEREZ
Secretary-Treasurer
AI A
The A.I.A. was organized in 1947 at Tulane University to act
as liason between the student architect and the profession. Be-sides
this important function, it undertakes a program to assist
in the preparation of the student for the professional world, by
a series of exhibitions and lectures, and a student placement
service for summer work.
The Tulane-Newcomb Psychology Club is composed of students
enrolled in phychology courses. It is an organization to provide
these students with information and group experiences aside
from regular schoolroom activities. These activities have thus
far consisted of movies and informal lectures with a field trip
on the agenda for the latter part of the year.
Last year a trip was made to Manderville State Hospital where
the group was conducted on a tour through all the important
wards and buildings. This year we plan to make several side
trips within the city of New Orleans, also.
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PSYCHOLOGY
CLUB
OFFICERS
JOY BRAND
President
JEAN SIMONS
Vice-President
MARY LAW
Recording Secretary
DALE SALSI3URY
Corresponding Secretary
CHARLES GUIDROZ
Treasurer
DELTA SIGMA PI
GAMMA MU CHAPTER
OFFICERS
First Semester
EDWARD RUBENSTEIN President
CARROLL CAMPBELL Senior Vice-President
FREDRICK GIRAUD Junior Vice-President
JAMES LEACH Treasurer
JASON DIAVILLE Secretary
FREDRIC YOUNGS Chancellor
ROBERT SERPAS Historian
DR. GERALD WARREN Faculty Advisor
Second Semester
JASON DIAVILLE President
RONALD LARKIN Senior Vice-President
JOHNNY TATUM Junior Vice-President
GERALD BOURGEOIS Treasurer
RALPH MITCHELL Secretary
DAVID TREUTEL Chancellor
JOHN LOTZ Historian
DR. DONALD HALLEY Faculty Advisor
Gamma Mu chapter of Delta Sigma Pi was established at
Tulane in the School of Business Administration in 1949. It is
the largest professional fraternity in the field of Commerce and
Business Administration and has more than eighty chapters in
colleges and universities throughout the nation.
Many professional and social activities are conducted each
year and points are awarded in a national efficiency contest to
those chapters which conform to standards set by the Central
Office. Gamma Mu has led the way with 100.000 points since
its founding.
The fraternity sponsors tours of local firms, conducts programs
with prominent speakers from various business fields, and pro-motes
films and discussions about important topics from today's
business world. Social activities are many. Among the more out-standing
are the annual Rose Dance at which the Rose of Delta
Sig and Her Court are presented, the two rush parties at the
beginning of each semester, and a variety of other parties and
entertainments throughout the year, such as the pledge—active
football game.
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OFFICERS
Arthur Hastings Speaker Barbara Huber Secretary
Lutie Wheat Vice-Speaker Lee Leonard Treasurer
Tracing its origin to 1848, the Glendy Burke Literary and
Debating Society is not only the oldest but also one of the
most active campus groups. The latest of its activities is the
sponsorship of WGBS, the Tulane campus radio station
broadcasting to the dormitories. Its programs, which include
news, discussions, and popular and classical music, aid in the
development of cultural tastes and help to keep the students
abreast of campus social and academic events. Carnival, the
Tulane literarv magazine, is also published by the Society
members.
In the debate and forensics field the Society sends highly
successful debaters to several tournaments each year in the
South and Mid West and receives excellent ratings. The annual
Glendy Burke high school speech tourney is one of the best in
the South, and other activities for high schools were added
this year.
The organization is also the founding member of the New
Orleans Collegiate Forensic League and the Southern Uni-versities
Forensic Conference.
GLENDY BURKE SOCIETY
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OFFICERS
HENRY E. MARKEL, JR.
Chairman
EDWARD W. CULLEN
Vice-Chairman
CHARLES H. NORRIS
Treasurer
LAWRENCE R. DeBUYS III
AIEE Secretary
EUGENE THOMAS
IRE Secretary
AIEE
h\ and ire
Student Chapters of the American Society of Civil
Engineers are established to help civil engineering
students to enrich their college courses by beginning
those professional contacts and associations which,
continued through life, are so valuable to the practicing
engineer.
The Tulane Joint Student Branch of the American Institute
of Electrical Engineers and Institute of Radio Engineers provides
opportunities for the students to participate in independent
functions brought about by their own initiative and fosters those
qualities needed by the engineer which are not fully cultivated
in the classroom. It broadens the students' acquaintance with
theen gineering world outside the classroom and gives them the
opportunity to strengthen their social, technical, and literary
relations with classmates and graduate engineers.
A S CE
OFFICERS
First Semester
FREDERICK BRINKMAN
President
JOSEPH SKINNER
Vice-President
GUY SEGHERS
Secretary
JAMES HANEMANN
Treasurer
Second Semester
JOHN GROSCH
President
JAMES HANEMANN
Vice-President
JOSEPH STASSI
Secretary
GEORGE DEMAREST
Treasurer
WALTER JAHNCKE
Recording Secretary
OFFICERS
WILLIE P. DE LA HOUSSAYE
President
RAYMOND M. WILENZICK
J ice-President
DANIEL M. FOLEY. JR.
Secretary
JEAN R. KNOX
Treasurer
SIGMA
P I
SIGMA
Sigma Pi Sigma. National Physics Honor Society, was founded
for the purpose of bringing together those persons interested
in the field of Physics, both students and faculty. The members
are elected to the organization on the basis of scholarship and
achievement in physics. The Tulane Chapter was founded in
1950. and has been active since. Among its functions are an
annual banquet and interesting lectures at its meetings. A physics
exhibit was originated last year.
Sigma Gamma Epsilon is the National Honorary Professional
Fraternity in Geology and was founded at the University of
Kansas in 1915. Beta Eta Chapter at Tulane was chartered on
November 11, 1950. as the outgrowth of Gamma Epsilon Omicron,
a local club which was established in 1938. Throughout the year,
Sigma Gamma Epsilon presents especially qualified speakers
on geological topics in open assemblies.
SIGMA
GAMMA
EPSILON
OFFICERS
EDWARD LAFAYE
President
ALFRED BOWEN
Vice-President
HARRY McCALL
Secretary-Treasurer
EUCENE JAMONVILLE
Corresponding Secretary
BARRACUDA CLUB
OFFICERS
Georgie Jacobs President Sally Bergeron Secretary
Ruth Harper Vice-President Becky Fuqua Treasurer
Polly Meek Publicity Chairman
The purpose of the Newcomb Barracuda Club is to promote
interest in swimming, particularly synchronized swimming.
New members are chosen by competitive tryouts in which each
applicant is graded on her rhythm, form, and coordination in
the basic strokes, a synchronized stroke to music, two stunts,
and a standing front dive. The newly accepted members are
known as Baby Barracudas and are trained in synchronized
swimming at the weekly Wednesday meetings for the spring
pageant, after which they become full Barracudas.
The theme of the 1956 pageant was "The Magic Conch
Shell." The background music was "from around the world,"
each scene being accompanied by a song from a different
country. Among the other activities of the year the Barracuda
Club sponsored the Newcomb Intramural Swimming Meet in
the fall and presented a program and party for a group of
crippled children in the spring.
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Joan Garcia
OFFICERS
.President Carole Coolik . Vice-President
The Newcomb Dance Club was founded in 1940. Its purpose
is to promote interest in ballet and modern dance and to fur-nish
dances for campus productions and civic activities. The
teaching and direction of Miss Frances Bush, Newcomb faculty
member, has helped make the club a success.
Try-outs are held for new members at the beginning of each
semester. The new members are known as Coryphies until
they have proven themselves worthy of being elected into the
ballerina group. Elections are based on the ability and inter-est
of each girl. Meetings are held on Tuesday and Thursday
each week in the gymnasium's Dance Studio.
The "Pied Piper" and a Beethoven Sonata were among the
ballets presented in the Spring Recital. Members of the Dance
Club appeared in a program on Fine Arts for the Student
Body, and danced for the Junior Philharmonic Society in
March. Dance Club members also appeared on the television
program, Tulane Close-Up, representing a part of the Liberal
Arts Curriculum.
NEWCOMB DANCE CLUB
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB
Lynn Stokes
OFFICERS
.President John Gillespie .Faculty Adviser
The Tulane International Relations Club is a student
organization which helps to develop student interest
and understanding in the international conditions of
our time through study and program activities. The
local club is a member of the Association of Inter-national
Relations Clubs, which does not espouse any
particular solutions in international questions, but does
seek, through program aids sent to individual clubs,
to encourage study and understanding of foreign policy
issues.
The bi-monthly meetings feature a series of varied
programs such as, lectures, discussions, and films. The
club's main activities are the celebration of United
Nations Day and Panamerican Day.
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MUSIC • DRAMA . ART
Gossip has it that "Papa Is All"
TULANE UNIVERSITY THEATRE
OFFICERS
John Mays Executive Secretary
Monroe Lippman Director
The purpose of the Tulane University Theater, the dramatic
organization on campus, is to produce plays. There are four
major productions and several one-act plays and dramatic
readings presented each year.
Probationary membership in this organization is earned by
working or acting satisfactorily in one of the shows, and full
membership is granted to those participating in two or more
shows in one season. Participation in the plays or crews is open
to any interested member of the "university family"—stu-dents,
faculty, staff, and their husbands and wives.
Paul Hostetler Assistant Director
George Hendrickson Assistant Director
An attempt is made to produce plays of different periods and
styles as is exemplified by the 1955-56 season. These plays
were "Papa is All," a modern comedy; "Death Takes a Holi-day,"
a fantasy; "She Stoops to Conquer," from an eighteenth
century Restoration play: "Theines Carnival," a romantic
farce.
In the graduate program there are scenes produced usually
over a week at the playhouse depicting styles of the various
periods of theater beginning with the Greek Theater and prog-ressing
to the modern period. These scenes are open to the
public.
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Bright faces from "Papa Is All"
Don't blame me. Coach
Death takes a holiday with Betty
Just what do you think of that?
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OFFICERS
JOHN J. MORRISSEY Conductor
TED DEMUTH Assistant Conductor
RICHARD L. CROSBY Assistant to the Conductor
LOUIS J. BERNDT, JR President
TONI THIELE 1st Vice-President
MAURY LOKET 2nd Vice-President
WILLIAM B. COKER Treasurer
BARBARA JEAN HUBER Secretary
MEMBERS
Sam Adams Tommy Growden
Marie A. Bade John Haddad, Jr.
Ellen Gay Baker Tommy Hansen
James Fred Bateman, Jr. Harold W. Helmke, Jr.
Louis J. Berndt, Jr. Barbara Jean Huber
Fred Bouvier Al Huitt
Charles M. Bowman Charles S. Kinp;
Harold H. Bretz, Jr. Alloyd P. Lambert, Jr.
David Brickman Maury Loket
Paul Bucholtz David McClean
Howard Calder Harry Mendelson. Jr.
Peter Claverie Charles Pollard
Charles Cohen Wrn. G. Pruyn
Phil Cohen Bob Roycroft
Wm. B. Coker Hunter Sauls
Richard L. Crosby Frank G. Stewart
Meme Culpepper W. Monroe Stephenson
Ted Demuth Toni Thiele
John L. Deutsch Beverly Thompson
Robert K. Diehl Sunny Tsai
Bertney F. Eiermann Don Vasterlinjr
Paul R. Fallone Jay Waddell
Charles Foster Larry Wadler
Jerry Foster Eddie Weigand
Barbara Friedman Page Williamson
Ian Goldy Javier Zapata
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TULANE UNIVERSITY BAND
The Tulane University Band draws its membership, during
the football season, from the male students of the University.
During the concert season membership is open to women as
well. The band performs at all home football games and is
noted for its intricate and interesting "Half-time Shows." Its
theme song "Way Down Yonder," is a forerunner for much
popular swing music played at each game—both in the stands
and on the field.
The Band, of course, is centered around its capable direc-tor,
John J. Morrissey. without whose inspiration the Tulane
Band would not exist. Mr. Morrissey's national reputation as
a composer is well known.
The Spring Concert, presented by the Band the first week
in May, is an annual event. In addition, a Spring Concert Tour
is a yearly planned activity which this year included Little
Rock, Hot Springs, Texarkana, Shreveport, and Alexandria.
As a concert band the "Chief's boys" have a few peers among
universities throughout the country, presenting annually per-haps
the most eagerly awaited show of the year on the campus.
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Precision?
Allegro, Mac, allegro!
Queen Anne Salute
Homecoming Formation
But I'm just a Poor Sailor
The Impressario and friends
Denis, you're no Menace
The Impressario: Forgive me, Madame
TULANE-NEWCOMB UNIVERSITY WORKSHOP
Cardon V. Burnham, Director
Probably one of the hardest working and most rewarding
organizations on the campus is the Opera Workshop. Organ-ized
four years ago. this group has grown steadily in size and
musical production under the careful guidance of its outstand-ing
young direr i.,r. Cardon V. Burnham.
Since its organization, the Opera Workshop has become a
-epyrale //roup and drama lie and musical standards have been
raised to a verj high level. Su< h works as Debussy's L'Enfant
Prodigue, Menotti's The Telephone and Amahl and the Night
I i itoi , Vaughan \\ illiams' Riders to the Sea, and this year's
presentation oi Mozarl - The Impresario and The PoorSailoi
hj Darius Milhaud are jusl a fen of the outstanding operatic
works produced bj this group. This yeai was completed with
the performance of Pergelesi's The Maid as Mistress, and the
World Premiere of the opera Nitecap written by the director,
Cardon Burnham.
The members of the Workshop are from all departments of
the University. They are introduced to various phases of opera
and light musical presentations and to various aspects of back-stage
work, such as making and setting scenery, operating
lights, and designing costumes. But whether the members wield
a hammer, make costumes, sing or work lights, each will agree
that working with this group isa challenge and a truly thrilling
experience.
The Opera Workshop provides University students and
town people with the opportunity to gain an "education in
opera."
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CAMPUS NIGHT
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Sabina Abrahm President
Bill Rosen Vice-President
Becky Carson Secretary
Rusty Wolff Secretary
Rusty Feller Treasurer
"Operation Education" was the name of Campus Night's
1956 musical comedy. Presented on March 2 and 3, this year's
show was an original production, from the writing of the
script and music to the construction on the sets.
"Operation Education," set on Criswell University Campus,
pictured three men from the Armed Forces who were selected
to return to college. The play centered around their life in the
dormitory and on campus, depicting their mischief-making as
well as their good deeds.
This year's Campus Night resulted in a hilarious show, pre-senting
to the university audience the talent of Tulane-New-comb
students.
The Campus Night organization begins its work during the
first semester with the show being presented in the early spring
of each year.
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The master's touch
Finale, Finally
Snow Job
Coulon's Cowboys
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NEWCOMB GLEE CLUB
OFFICERS
ANN MARIA GANDOLFO President
EUGENIE RICAU Vice-President
MARY FRANCIS READY Secretary
CAROLE MOUCHET Business Manager
The Glee Club is open to all Newcomb Students. The only
qualification for membership is a desire to join together in song.
Mr. Burnham, director, has presented the group with a varied
program of music ranging from Palestrina to Rodgers and Ham-merstein.
This year the Glee Club preformed at the Newcomb Memorial
Services, the Christmas Candlelight Concert, the Spring Concert,
and its members participated in University Chorus.
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TULANE GLEE CLUB
OFFICERS
PAUL WILSON President
JACK WILLIS Vice-President
JIM McILWAIN Secretary
HOMER LOCKRIDGE Business Manager
ALLEN SPRINGER Librarian
LARRY WHITE Librarian
The Tulane Glee Club, under the direction of Cardon V. Burn-ham,
has participated in many civic, religious, and University
functions this year. Among the latter were the Christmas Candle-light
Concert, and the Spring Concert which was followed by the
annual dance in conjunction with the Newcomb Glee Club. Also
in the spring the 45-voiced male chorus traveled to Biloxi to
present a concert for Gulf Park College.
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Cardon V. Burnham Director
1954-55 saw a new choral group join the University's fam-ily
of musical organizations, the University Chorus. This
group is a modern adaptation of the Festival Chorus of former
years, and its return was welcomed by many. The Chorus be-gan
last year with a stirring performance of Gabriel Faure's
Requiem and Howard Hanson's Lament for Beowulf. The 110-
voice group left school for the summer vacation filled with
eager anticipation of an even greater season in 1955-56, and
they were not to be disappointed.
The following September they were joined by members of
the faculty, staff, and friends of the University to double the
size of the group and offer new prospects of a good year.
The first performance of the school year was given with the
New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. The Univer-sity
Chorus and Symphony presented Mozart's Requiem in
celebration of the Bi-centennial of Mozart's birth at the
Municipal Auditorium on January 10th and at McAlister
Auditorium for the student body on January 11th.
In May the group presented Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah . . .
a work familiar to many. The performance was given on the
campus.
UNIVERSITY CHORUS
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A CAPPELLA CHOIR
OFFICERS
Bob Cranfill President
Ann Scott Vice-President
Judy Woodall Secretary
Bill Banta . Business Manager
Phyllis Ward Librarian
Lee Jennings Librarian
The Tulane-Newcomb A Cappella Choir is composed of out-standing
young people from all spheres of campus activity. It
is a select group, with its members chosen on the basis of
musical ability, character, cooperation, application, and
wholesome spirit.
Through the efforts of its outstanding young director,
Cardon V. Burnham, the Choir has become one of the most
prominent choral groups in the South, and serves the Univer-sity
not only in the field of cultural entertainment but as an
invaluable instrument in the realm of public relations.
The highlights of the year for the choir include a Christmas
Candlelight Concert, a Spring Concert, and a Spring tour. In
the past, the choir has given concerts in such cities as New
York City, Atlanta. Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, Jack-son,
and Houston ; while this year, the group will travel to St.
Louis and Memphis.
Now in its fourth year, the A Cappella Choir is an impor-tant
part of campus activity, aiding the Lmiversity in its pro-gram
of developing future leaders for America.
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RELIGION
OFFICERS
THOMAS NUCKLES
President
BETH KOTTES
Vice-President
SANDY SUTHERLAND
Corresponding Secretary
JUDY BILLINGS
Recording Secretary
SETH NOVOSELSKY
Treasurer
INTER-FAITH COUNCIL
The Tulane Interfaith Council servies to units the religious
groups on campus in action on common issues. Its goals are to
foster brotherhood among students of different faiths, and to
deepen the spiritual and religious life on campus.
INTER- .
.FAITH
C 8 U N C LL
The Council is_composed of two representatives and the presi-dent
of each religious group. Among its activities are religious
orientation for freshmen in the fall and "Religion in Life Week"
in the spring.
DISCIPLES STUDENT VFELLOWSL±HLLILPLi.>>
OFFICERS
ARTHUR HASTINGS
President
GENE UMSTOT
Vice-President
KATHLEEN PATTON
Secretary-Treasurer
DR. CHARLES PEACOCK
Faculty Advisor
REV. E. E. RUSSELL
Minister
The Disciples Student Fellowship is sponsored by the St.
Charles Avenue Christian Church for the students of Tulane
and Newcomb. At the weekly meetings on Sunday evenings, de-votional
and inspirational programs are presented to help the
college student attain a closer fellowship with God and a better
adjustment to life.
The Disciples Student Fellowship is a member of the Tulane
Inter-Faith Council and joins with other campus religious groups
in Religious Emphasis Week and other activities of the Council.
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OFFICERS
WERT WHITE
President
BURT LA PRAIRIE
Vice-President
NANCY TRUE
Secretary
CHARLES REY
Publicity Chairman
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BAPTIST
STUDENT
UNION
The Baptist Student Union represents, includes, and unifies
all of the Baptist student activities on the campus. It seeks to
preserve the relationship of the student with his church, and
to continue the religious education which his home church has
begun. Thus, it acts as a connecting link between the college
and the church.
The Baptist Student Center at 7107 Freret Street is head-quarters
for the organization.
Canterbury Club serves the mission of Christianity in higher
education by fostering among university students a more mature
understanding of the faith and practices of the Episcopal Church
and loyalty to its corporate life.
Canterbury Club centers its activities at Canterbury House,
the Episcopal University Center. Activities include weekly Tues-day
night discussion forums led by prominant clergy of the
Church, which consider a variety of topics related to the total
needs of the college community in the light of the Christain faith.
CANTERBURY
CLUB
OFFICERS
SANDRA McCOY
Senior Warden
SISTER FRAZER
Junior Warden
{CATHERINE LIVINGSTON
Secretary
MICKEY MOFFITT
Treasurer
ROBERT NICHOLS
Sacristan.
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OFFICERS
KATHLEEN KEHL
President
WARREN METCALF
Vice-President
RICHARD WEAVER
cording and Corresponding
Secretary
CHARLES STORM
Treasurer
MRS. LEON SOULE
Faculty Advisor
MISS DOROTHY COLEMAN
Counselor
CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE
ORGANIZATION
Gamma Delta is the International Association of Lutheran
Students at colleges and universities. The Alpha LIpsilon Chapter
on Tulane campus aims to provide for the Lutheran students at
Tulane a positive program of Christian fellowship based on
Christian knowledge. This program is religious, educational,
and social. Luncheon meetings are held the first and third Sun-days
of the month at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. Activities this
year have included religious discussions, square dances, a bar-becue
and a progressive supper.
The Christian Science Organization of Tulane University was
founded in December, 1943, and is authorized by the Manuel
of the Mother Church. The First Church of Christ Scientists in
Boston, Massachusetts. The Organization holds weekly testi-monial
meetings on campus and sponsors a lecture each year
by a member of the Board of Lecturship of the Mother Church
to which students, facultv members, and friends are invited.
DELTA
GAMMA
OFFICERS
DAVID SCHMIDT
President
LOWELL SIVITZ
Vice-President
CAROL DE JEAN
Recording Secretary-Treasurer
MARLENE KOSCHMANN
Corresponding Secretary
REV. EWALD RECKS
Pastoral Advisor
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OFFICERS
LEONARD A. WASHOFSKY
President
AARON FODIMAN
Vice-President
BETTY M. WISH
Secretary
HARRIS M. DULITZ
Treasurer
ZOLLY LEVIN
Counselor
HILLEL
FDUNDATIDN
The Hillel Foundation took great strides this past session
through the. cooperation of its greatly increased active member-ship.
An orientation program for incoming students proved
highly successful to judge by the majority of lower classmen
participating. Friday evening religious services were conducted
throughout the session, and on alternate Sunday evenings, cul-tural
meetings which hosted many distinguished lecturers were
held. A social hour followed each function. The Thursday week-ly
seminar on "What the Jew Believes" attracted students of all
faiths. We. of Hillel. look forward to even greater progress during
the coming school year.
The Newman Club is an organization for Catholic college
students. Its purpose is to provide the student with religious,
intellectual, and social activities, in that order of importance.
Last year Newman Hall was acquired as a permanent home
at 1037 Audubon St. Now after one year of occupancy, the club
membership is the largest in its history. The 130 members of the
Newman Club at Tulane University are only part of the 300.000
members of the National Newman Club Federation composed of
some 500 colleges from coast to coast.
NEWMAN
CLUB
OFFICERS
JOHN MMAHAT
President
MARIA LOUISE MARTINEZ
Vice-President
SANDRA DeARMAS
Secretary
NICHOLAS WOOLVICRTON
Treasurer
OFFICERS
AARON BERTRAND
President
SHIRLEY PRIDE
Vice-President
LIZ STEPHENSON
Secretary
CLEO McGEE
Treasurer
WESLEY
FDUNDATIDN
The Westminister Fellowship is a group of students with a
purpose. Our purpose is to build in ourselves good Christian
characters. We endeavor to do this through our Sunday evening
meetings and noon-day chapel services which help us to grow
spiritually, and through our monthly parties which help us to
grow socially.
We meet at the St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church every
Sunday night for a supper meeting. Our noonday chapel services
are held in the Methodist Ctudent Center in conjunction with
the Methodist Student Group.
The Wesley Foundation is the Methodist Student Movement
on the Tulane campus. Our main objectives are to integrate the
students and the church into university life; to provide an op-portunity
for intellectual stimulation, wholesome recreation, and
spiritual growth; to restate the gospel in contemporary terms;
and to aid the student in the realization that college is a vocation
in itself. Student-led devotions are given Monday through Friday,
and the main program meetings are on Thursdays at five.
WESTMINSTER
FELLOWSHIP
OFFICERS
FRED WULFF III
President
TOM GRAVES
Vice-President
CAROLINE LONSDALE
Secretary
NICKI CARTISSER
Treasurer
MILITARY
Lt. Col. Fred A. Polumbo, PMS&T Pass in Review!
ARMY R. O. T. C.
Under the guidance of Lt. Col. Fred A. Polumbo, the
Tulane unit of the Reserve Officers strives to prepare
college men for service in the U. S. Army. Primarily a
Transportation Corps Unit, the Tulane ROTC furn-ishes
officers in many specialized branches of the
service. Between the Junior and Senior academic year,
members of unit spend six weeks summer camp duty
at one of several army camps throughout the country.
The ROTC unit sponsors many activities during the
year, including special reviews, sponsor elections,
Military B